Creationist Geology Text Now Available At Grand Canyon NP Bookstore

[hatrack]

"This fall, the Park Service approved a creationist text, "Grand Canyon: A Different View," for sale in park bookstores and museums. The book claims that the Grand Canyon is only a few thousand years old and developed on a biblical, rather than an evolutionary, time scale. At the same time, Park Service leadership has blocked publication of guidance for park rangers and other interpretative staff that labeled creationism as lacking any scientific basis, PEER found.

The actions would appear to be in conflict with President Bush's stated support for policies based on "sound science."

Last month, the Park Service announced it would alter an 8-minute video shown at the Lincoln Memorial visitor center of past demonstrations and events at the memorial. Conservative groups had asked for the removal of footage of gay rights, pro-choice and anti-Vietnam War demonstrations because it implies that "Lincoln would have supported homosexual and abortion 'rights' as well as feminism." The Park Service has promised to develop a "more balanced" version that includes rallies of Christian groups and pro-war demonstrations, PEER said."

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http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17476

[Don Claybrook]

1. How can any moron look at the Grand Canyon

and believe it was carved out a few thousand years ago?

Just think of all of the self-deceptive, self-deprecating garbage rationales you'd have to try to wrap your mind around in order to come close to believing this tripe.

I've long thought that the right-wing Christian fundamentalists do their god a disservice by insisting on limiting him so severely.

Speaking of which, if you ever want to have fun with one of these limited creatures, ask them this age-old favorite:

Can God create a rock so large that even He can't move it?

They'll eventually get to the point where they think the question is sacrilige, but it's fun to watch the tortured process that gets them to that point.

[opihimoimoi]

3. The Sheep are so Emotional, they will believe anything.

And its partially money making too. The only way for this garbage to sell is to force its sale in the churches/christian schools/and now, offered at Fed Parks?? OMG, what next?

The Churches want our kids stupid, better to dominate.control them.

[arcane1]

5. and they want to teach this in SCHOOLS

:crazy:

[blindpig]

2. what garbage

everyone knows it was Pecos Bill, or was it Paul Bunyan?

[lazarus]

4. You know

We're not recreating Nazi Germany here, it's the early Soviet Union.

Read up on Lysenkoism sometime.

[treepig]

6. and if you're really into reading

get to know the dark side at http://www.rae.org/revevlnk.html